Geoscientific model development,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
16(13), P. 3953 - 3995
Published: July 13, 2023
Abstract.
This
paper
provides
an
overview
of
the
United
States
(US)
Department
Energy's
(DOE's)
Energy
Exascale
Earth
System
Model
version
2
(E3SMv2)
fully
coupled
regionally
refined
model
(RRM)
and
documents
overall
atmosphere,
land,
river
results
from
Coupled
Intercomparison
Project
6
(CMIP6)
DECK
(Diagnosis,
Evaluation,
Characterization
Klima)
historical
simulations
–
a
first-of-its-kind
set
climate
production
using
RRM.
The
North
American
(NA)
RRM
(NARRM)
is
developed
as
high-resolution
configuration
E3SMv2
with
primary
goal
more
explicitly
addressing
DOE's
mission
needs
regarding
impacts
to
US
energy
sector
facing
system
changes.
NARRM
features
finer
horizontal
resolution
grids
centered
over
NA,
consisting
25→100
km
atmosphere
0.125∘
river-routing
model,
14→60
ocean
sea
ice.
By
design,
computational
cost
∼3×
uniform
low-resolution
(LR)
at
100
but
only
∼
10
%–20
%
globally
25
km.
A
novel
hybrid
time
step
strategy
for
key
achieve
improved
simulation
fidelity
within
patch
without
sacrificing
global
performance.
climate,
including
climatology,
series,
sensitivity,
feedback,
confirmed
be
largely
identical
between
LR
quantified
typical
metrics.
Over
NA
area,
generally
superior
LR,
precipitation
clouds
contiguous
(CONUS),
summertime
marine
stratocumulus
off
coast
California,
liquid
ice
phase
near
Pole
region,
extratropical
cyclones,
spatial
variability
in
land
hydrological
processes.
improvements
are
related
better-resolved
topography
NARRM,
whereas
those
attributable
air–sea
interactions
both
Some
appear
insensitive
change
analyzed
here,
instance
diurnal
propagation
organized
mesoscale
convective
systems
CONUS
warm-season
land–atmosphere
coupling
southern
Great
Plains.
In
summary,
our
study
presents
realistically
efficient
approach
leverage
framework
standard
release
simulations.
Environmental Research Letters,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
17(6), P. 063008 - 063008
Published: May 27, 2022
Abstract
Irrigated
agriculture
accounts
for
∼90%
of
anthropogenic
freshwater
consumption,
is
deployed
on
22%
cultivated
land,
and
provides
40%
global
food
production.
Expanding
irrigation
onto
currently
underperforming
rainfed
croplands
crucial
to
meet
future
demand
without
further
agricultural
expansion
associated
encroachment
natural
ecosystems.
Establishing
also
a
potential
climate
adaptation
solution
alleviate
heat-
water-stress
crops
reduce
variability
extremes.
Despite
being
one
the
land
management
practices
with
largest
environmental
hydroclimatic
impacts,
role
adapt
change
achieve
sustainability
goals
has
just
started
be
quantified.
This
study
reviews
biophysical
opportunities
feedbacks
‘sustainable
irrigation’.
I
describe
concept
sustainable
expansion—where
there
are
increase
productivity
over
water-limited
by
adopting
that
do
not
deplete
stocks
impair
aquatic
may
avert
but
create
additional
externalities
often
neglected.
review
highlights
major
gaps
in
analysis
understanding
change.
implications
(a)
security,
(b)
conditions,
(c)
water
quality,
(d)
soil
salinization,
(e)
storage
infrastructure,
(f)
energy
use.
These
help
explain
challenges
achieving
irrigated
thus
point
toward
solutions
research
needs.
Science Advances,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
8(32)
Published: Aug. 12, 2022
Despite
the
recent
prevalence
of
severe
drought,
California
faces
a
broadly
underappreciated
risk
floods.
Here,
we
investigate
physical
characteristics
"plausible
worst
case
scenario"
extreme
storm
sequences
capable
giving
rise
to
"megaflood"
conditions
using
combination
climate
model
data
and
high-resolution
weather
modeling.
Using
from
Community
Earth
System
Model
Large
Ensemble,
find
that
change
has
already
doubled
likelihood
an
event
producing
catastrophic
flooding,
but
larger
future
increases
are
likely
due
continued
warming.
We
further
runoff
in
scenario
is
200
400%
greater
than
historical
values
Sierra
Nevada
because
increased
precipitation
rates
decreased
snow
fraction.
These
findings
have
direct
implications
for
flood
emergency
management,
as
well
broader
hazard
mitigation
adaptation
activities.
Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
385(6713)
Published: Sept. 5, 2024
Agriculture's
global
environmental
impacts
are
widely
expected
to
continue
expanding,
driven
by
population
and
economic
growth
dietary
changes.
This
Review
highlights
climate
change
as
an
additional
amplifier
of
agriculture's
impacts,
reducing
agricultural
productivity,
the
efficacy
agrochemicals,
increasing
soil
erosion,
accelerating
expanding
range
crop
diseases
pests,
land
clearing.
We
identify
multiple
pathways
through
which
intensifies
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
creating
a
potentially
powerful
change-reinforcing
feedback
loop.
The
challenges
raised
underscore
urgent
need
transition
sustainable,
climate-resilient
systems.
requires
investments
that
both
accelerate
adoption
proven
solutions
provide
benefits,
discover
scale
new
beneficial
processes
food
products.
Abstract
Mountain
snowpacks
act
as
natural
water
towers,
storing
winter
precipitation
until
summer
months
when
downstream
demand
is
greatest.
We
introduce
a
Snow
Storage
Index
(SSI),
representing
the
temporal
phase
difference
between
daily
and
surface
inputs—sum
of
rainfall
snowmelt
into
terrestrial
systems—weighted
by
relative
magnitudes.
Different
from
snow
equivalent
or
fraction,
SSI
represents
degree
to
which
snowpack
delays
timing
magnitude
inputs
precipitation,
fundamental
component
how
storage
influences
hydrologic
cycle.
In
western
North
America,
annual
has
decreased
(
p
<
0.05)
1950–2013
in
over
25%
mountainous
areas,
result
substantially
earlier
spring
months,
with
additional
declines
precipitation.
The
associated
trends
offer
new
perspective
on
sensitivity
climate
change
have
broad
implications
for
resources
ecosystems.
International Journal of Science and Research Archive,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(1), P. 942 - 951
Published: Jan. 30, 2024
This
research
paper
reviews
the
impact
of
climate
change
on
water
availability
in
USA
and
Africa.
Global
trends
reveal
rising
temperatures,
altered
precipitation
patterns,
increasing
extreme
events,
all
influencing
resources.
The
diverse
regional
contexts
encompass
issues
such
as
prolonged
droughts,
changing
snowmelt
coastal
vulnerabilities.
In
Africa,
heightened
susceptibility
arises
from
dependence
rain-fed
agriculture,
contributing
to
increased
aridity
intensified
rainfall.
Temperature
changes
patterns
emerge
critical
factors
availability,
necessitating
adaptive
strategies.
Both
regions
implement
conservation,
infrastructure
development,
sustainable
practices,
broader
policies
addressing
emission
reduction
community-based
adaptation.
Policy
implications
underscore
need
for
integrated
resource
governance,
climate-resilient
infrastructure,
international
collaboration.
review
provides
a
nuanced
understanding
complexities
involved,
offering
insights
effective
adaptation
mitigation
measures
face
evolving
challenges.
Water Resources Research,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
61(1)
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Abstract
Snow
drought,
characterized
by
an
anomalous
reduction
in
snowpack,
exerts
profound
hydrological
and
socioeconomic
impacts
cold
regions.
Despite
its
significance,
the
influence
of
diverse
snow
drought
types,
including
warm,
dry,
warm‐and‐dry
variants,
on
streamflow
remains
inadequately
understood.
Here
we
present
first
hemispheric‐scale,
observation‐based
assessment
patterns
seasonal
annual
(
Q
)
across
3049
northern
catchments
over
1950–2020.
Our
findings
reveal
that
with
a
lower
mean
snowfall
fraction
()
exhibit
heightened
prevalence
severity
warm
droughts,
whereas
high‐
experience
more
prevalent
but
less
severe
dry
drought.
This
disparity
arises
from
distinct
sensitivities
snowpack
to
cold‐season
precipitation
temperature.
In
addition,
droughts
induce
during
both
seasons,
culminating
significant
decrease
.
Conversely,
increases
decreases
,
attributable
trade‐off
between
increased
c
decreased
warm‐season
w
).
With
ongoing
climate
warming,
continued
is
anticipated,
which
expected
further
increase
frequency
warm‐dry
droughts.
These
circumstances,
particularly
impactful
under
low
conditions,
are
poised
formidable
challenges
for
water
resources
management
regions
globally.